"Second Master Lu, do you really think that you have control of the overall situation?" Seeing that the atmosphere in the Taihe Hall had become tense again, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, looked at Lu Tianxing meaningfully and asked.

"Zhenguo Gong, although the lower officials don't know why you want to call the lower officials 'Lu Er Gongzi', but now your life and death are in the hands of the prince of Yue, you will become a king and lose a king, and Shunchang will rebel and die, this simple Taoist ideal must be understood by you better than the lower officials."

A sneer flashed at the corner of Lu Tianxing's mouth, thinking that Li Yuntian was just bluffing, and then replied methodically, he did not recognize Li Yuntian's title of Zhongwu King, so he still called Li Yuntian "Zhenguo Gong".

"This king admits that it is indeed the king of Yue who has the advantage in this hall, but outside the hall is the prince's world, as long as the prince orders the army of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and the army of Xiaowu will immediately enter the city to serve the king."

Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and after glancing around at the civil and military officials in the Taihe Palace, he said loudly, "At that time, the crown prince will ascend the throne as the emperor and inherit the unification!" ”

"Haha......" Lu Tianxing couldn't help laughing, and looked at Li Yuntian with a mocking expression, "Zhenguo Gong, the lower officials admit that you can be eloquent, and also admit that the army and Xiaowu army of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion will enter the city after receiving the prince's edict, but there is one thing you forget, the prince can't pass the edict out in the palace now, and no one dares to act rashly without the prince's edict, otherwise it will be a rebellion!" ”

"Are you sure the prince is in the Taihe Palace?" Li Yuntian pondered for a moment, looked at Lu Tianxing solemnly and asked.

Lu Tianxing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face changed greatly, and he couldn't help but look at the "prince" sitting on the dragon chair, because the "prince" was covered with a scarf on his face, so he couldn't see his appearance clearly.

"Could it be that this prince is a fake?" The ministers in the main hall also heard something strange from Li Yuntian's words, and looked at the "prince" in surprise, if Li Yuntian had expected that King Yue would force the palace today, then how could he let the prince come to the Taihe Palace?

"Queen Mother, dare to ask where the prince is?" Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Li Yuntian calmly bowed to Empress Sun and asked in a deep voice.

"The crown prince is in poor health and is now recuperating in Kunning Palace." Empress Sun glanced around at the ministers in the main hall and said slowly and quietly.

As she spoke, Empress Sun took off the silk scarf that the "prince" next to her covered her face, revealing her true face.

"The slave greets the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother." The little chamberlain pretending to be the prince hurriedly got up from the dragon chair, walked down the high platform and knelt in front of the hall to kneel and salute Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Sun, his face was terrified, and his body trembled.

In fact, Li Yuntian originally wanted Li Anyu, who was similar to the crown prince, to pretend to be the prince, so that fewer people would know about this matter, which was conducive to secrecy.

But then Li Yuntian gave up this idea, the dragon chair on the Taihe Hall is not so easy to sit on, although Li Anyu sat on the dragon chair for the prince's adventure, but after all, this matter is a royal taboo, and it is not allowed to be used by others to make trouble in the future.

Therefore, after some weighing, Li Yuntian decided to choose a suitable candidate from the small chamberlain, who was a servant of the royal family and a person without a descendant, so no one would say anything about him.

The ministers in the palace had already recognized that the little chamberlain was not the prince, and there was a commotion at the scene, it seemed that Li Yuntian came prepared this time, and actually placed the prince in Kunning Palace, which was guarded by the Xiaowu army, in advance, which made King Yue's plan to block the prince in the Taihe Hall completely failed.

"Zhenguo Gong, now the entire Forbidden City is in the hands of the prince of Yue, there are 10,000 elite Juyong Guan Jing troops surrounded outside the Kunning Palace, equipped with Shenwei cannons and crossbows, as long as the prince gives an order, the Kunning Palace can be ordered?"

Lu Tianxing's face changed, and he said to Li Yuntian with a sneer, he admitted that Li Yuntian had already sensed his plan with King Yue in advance, but it was too arrogant to block the 10,000 elites of Juyong Pass with 3,000 Xiaowu troops.

Shenwei cannon refers to the iron cannon configured by the defenders of Juyong Pass, although the performance can not be compared with the artillery of the Xiaowu Army, but it still has great power in close combat, which can not only open the palace gate of Kunning Palace, but also shell the Xiaowu army in Kunning Palace.

Obviously, Lu Tianxing was not prepared to let those defenders of Juyong Pass fight hand-to-hand with the Xiaowu Army, because that was the strength of the Xiaowu Army, so he was ready to use cannons and crossbows to inflict long-range damage on the Xiaowu Army.

Lu Tianxing's words made the hall fall silent again, and the ministers couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian nervously, wondering what he could do, after all, the Juyong Pass defenders had already besieged the Forbidden City, and it was difficult for the prince to retreat with only three thousand Xiaowu troops.

"The king didn't think so." Li Yuntian shook his head at Lu Tianxing seriously when he heard this, and said in an orderly manner, "The prince is the true son of heaven, and he has his own destiny. ”

"Inform Kunning Palace and ask the prince to leave the palace." Then, Li Yuntian turned around and shouted at the door of the palace.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the hall looked at the door of the palace in unison, only to see a eunuch standing outside the hall taking out a small bamboo tube from his sleeve and running quickly outside the eaves, and pulling down the pull ring at the bottom of the bamboo tube towards the sky.

After a muffled bang, a small light cluster with a sharp whistle rose into the sky, immediately attracting the attention of the civil and military officials who were buzzing and whispering in the Taihedian Square, as well as the Juyong Pass guards who were on duty at the scene, and no one knew what was happening.

Under the suspicious gaze of everyone, the small light cluster rose high in the air and exploded with a bang, and a cloud of red smoke bloomed in the air, condensing in the sky.

"Signal flare of the Xiaowu Army!" Soon, there were military attachés in the square who recognized what the red smoke gathered in the sky was, and there was a look of shock on their faces, it was obvious that someone in the main hall was transmitting a message to the Xiaowu army outside the city, could it be that the Xiaowu army was ready to enter the city?

This news spread all over the Taihedian Square like a whirlwind, which not only made the civil and military officials feel stunned, but also made the Juyong Pass defenders at the scene nervous, they did not want to engage the Xiaowu army in the Xiaowu army camp outside the city.

"Lord Yu, what rose into the air just now was the signal flare used by the Xiaowu Army to transmit the news, and red smoke was released in the air, which means that the Xiaowu Army was ordered to attack."

Because it was blocked by the eaves of the Taihe Palace, the people in the main hall could not see the explosion after the signal flare rose into the sky, and when the ministers were talking in a low voice, a Juyong Guan guard Qianhu hurriedly ran in from outside the hall and knelt down on one knee in front of King Yue to pray.

"The Xiaowu army is going to attack the capital?"

Boom, the hall suddenly exploded, it is obvious that Li Yuntian is giving orders to the Xiaowu army in the Xiaowu army camp outside the city, because the left deputy governor Chen Tai and the right deputy governor Hu Sihai of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion both support the prince, so there must be a big battle between the Xiaowu army and the Beijing army guarding the capital.

Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes showed a gloomy look, the last thing she wanted to see was that the crown prince and the king of Yue fought each other for the throne, not only would the lives be ruined and the royal majesty would be humiliated, but also the king of Yue would have no possibility of being forgiven, only death.

"Zhen Guogong, do you think that the Xiaowu army of Kunning Palace can support the arrival of reinforcements?" Lu Tianxing didn't expect Li Yuntian to have this hand, his face changed slightly, and then he asked with a sneer, he believed that the defenders of Juyong Pass besieging Kunning Palace would be able to conquer Kunning Palace before the Xiaowu army outside the city arrived.

"Of course, this king knows that the Xiaowu army of Kunning Palace will not be able to support until that time, but this king is confident that he will rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before Kunning Palace is lost." Li Yuntian shook his head and looked at Lu Tianxing expressionlessly, looking a little unfathomable.

"You...... You want to kill His Royal Highness the Crown Prince under the pretense of the hand of the prince Yue, and then take the opportunity to take charge of the court and control the government! Lu Tianxing was stunned for a moment, and then thought of a terrible thing, and couldn't help but say with a shocked expression.

If the crown prince dies in the Kunning Palace, then King Yue will not escape death, and then the Ming Dynasty will fall into chaos, at this time Li Yuntian can take the opportunity to cultivate party henchmen, control the overall situation of the court, and ensure that he will not wait for the full-fledged wings to seek the usurpation of the dynasty.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the main hall, if Li Yuntian let the Xiaowu army outside the city attack at this time, then the crown prince of Kunning Palace would not be able to save his life.

"King Zhongwu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's safety is the most important, and you must not start a war lightly." Yang Shiqi, as the first assistant of the cabinet and the lonely minister of Emperor Xuande, naturally did not want to see the war in the capital, so he hurriedly persuaded Li Yuntian loudly.

"King Zhongwu, the crown prince is still in Kunning Palace, be cautious."

"The crown prince is the prince of the country, and there is no room for mistakes, and the king of Zhongwu thinks twice before acting."

"King Zhongwu, for the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please withdraw the siege troops."

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Subsequently, the civil and military officials in the main hall opened their mouths to comfort Li Yuntian, making the shape of the court become chaotic.

Now the Jing army and the pro-army in the capital each have people who support the prince and the king of Yue, so they believe that the Xiaowu army outside the city will definitely be able to attack the Taihe Palace with the cooperation of the pro-army and the Beijing army who support the prince, but in this way, the prince is likely to die in the war, and the consequences are very strict.

Empress Dowager Zhang was also secretly anxious, looking at Li Yuntian with a concerned expression, the corners of her mouth squirmed and wanted to say something but couldn't say it, she thought that Li Yuntian would not be so careless, so she wanted to know what Li Yuntian wanted to do.

In the crowd in the main hall, a smile appeared on the corner of Yang Rong's mouth, and he looked at the somewhat messy scene in front of him quietly, it was obvious that Li Yuntian would not let the Xiaowu army attack the capital.

The reason is very simple, Li Yuntian is still in the Taihe Hall at this time, once the Xiaowu army attacks the city, then he will become a hostage in the hands of King Yue, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?

"Everyone, listen to this king!" Li Yuntian looked at the civil and military officials who were getting more and more excited, pressed down with both hands, and shouted with full of anger.

The hall immediately fell silent, and all the ministers looked at Li Yuntian with concern, wondering if he would change his mind and let the Xiaowu army outside the city stop attacking the city, once the two sides started a war, then there would be no room for maneuver between the prince and the king of Yue, this is a scene that no one wants to see.

For these civil and military officials, what they want to see most is that King Yue confesses his guilt to Empress Dowager Zhang, peacefully resolves the palace forcing incident in the Taihe Palace, and then has a happy ending. R1148